nownovels Chapter 612: They Actually Have Some Skills
Chapter 612: They Actually Have Some Skills
I returned to the arena with my group and the people who saw me enter were making confused noises in the stands.
"What are they doing back here again?"
"Did they change the teams?"
"I lost six hundred Creas because of them!"
"They're definitely cheating!"
"... You guys are so dead... I have nothing to do with those guys, I swear..."
The last guy seemed a little weird but I just ignored them and went to the arena.
We had already gone to bet on ourselves and I placed a ten thousand Crea bet that we would win of course. The others went to bet all their winnings from the preliminaries as well so they really went all in on it.
I would have bet more but they placed a cap on the maximum amount that each of us could bet unfortunately, which was at five thousand each.
I could only bet that ten thousand thanks to Eins, of course.
Oh well, at least it's better than the odds we were getting before this.
The other two teams entered from the other side and the crowd got even more noisy.
I already figured they were most likely wondering what was going on so I didn't pay attention to them and looked at my party instead.
"Alright... How confident are we in winning this actually?"
"Mistress, we will not fail you," Katsuki declared as though it was a given fact.
Odeta gave me a thumbs up, "Yeah! I'll beat them all for you!"
Lisa giggled, "Don't worry, my Mistress~ You can punish me if we fail~ Actually... You can punish me if we succeed too please~"
Delmare simply held up her notebook with a soft smile, 'We'll do our best, Aster! <3'
Eins simply stared at me with a blank look on her face though I could tell that she knew I wanted them to win and she intends to do just that.
The announcer then stepped up onto the stage at that time, calming the crowd down with a placating wave of his hand.
"Dear guests! We have a very special arrangement for this battle! Instead of this being the semi-finals, this shall be the final match between team sixty and teams six and three! That's right everyone, this is going to be a five versus ten battle! Because of this arrangement, we are changing the odds of team sixty's bets to one point five while the other teams will remain the same!
If you have already placed your bets, do not worry! They are still valid and will count in this new arrangement! If you would like to make new bets, please approach one of the brokers! Do note that we will not accept any changes to existing bets!"
There were a few cries of outrage coming from some of the spectators but the announcer simply ignored them and turned towards us.
The announcer looked at both sides and once he confirmed that both sides were ready, he raised his hand into the air.
"The first round of the final match... Begin!!"
Odeta and their tank charged at the same time, the Mahun raising his shield in an attempt to hit Odeta with a shield bash.
In response, Odeta had her fist pulled back and I realised she was chanting the spell for [Body Current], activating the spell to buff her fist before punching it forward.
The resulting shockwave from the clash shook the entire arena and even reached the stands as well. The merchant slave owner even fell on his haunches as a result from the blast.
I was more surprised that their tank even managed to withstand Odeta's blow and only slid back a metre or so.
Odeta immediately tried to press her advantage and leapt towards the Mahun while he was still regaining his footing.
He saw her coming and instead of raising his shield like before, he swung his hammer towards her instead.
Odeta reached out her hand and caught the hammer swing by grabbing the Mahun's wrist, only to have his shield smash against her side and forcing her back.
Katsuki tried to support Odeta by using her speed to try and attack the tank from behind.
But before she could even get close to him, a blast of fire was shot out from the Trasif mage, forcing Katsuki to back away to avoid getting burned.
I could see that she was thinking about using her own Pyromancy but I'm guessing she wanted to keep it as a trump card for now.
Delmare also tried to support Odeta from the other side but the Amrap blocked her way, the combat slave swinging her axe in a large arc that almost cleaved Delmare in two had she not stopped just outside of her range.
Their Wrunch team mate then leapt over the Mahun tank to attack Odeta with his warhammer while she was still reeling from being struck by the shield.
She tried to block it with her arm and the hammer smashed into her raised arm, sending her skidding back and almost knocking into Lisa from the blow.
Lisa finished chanting her [Laser] spell and fired it at the tank, only for him to raise his shield with a shout.
"[Magic Fortress]!!"
A translucent shield appeared in front of him and completely blocked the spell without it leaving a scratch on it.
The Wrunch then raised his hammer with both hands with a roar, "[Tremor Smash]!"
The hammer was brought down on the arena and it created a shockwave that blasted everyone flying towards the outside of the arena.
They were just about to cross the threshold when a strong gust of wind blew them back to land near the edge of the arena instead, courtesy of Eins using her Aeromancy.
Damn... We almost lost the round right there...
Girls? I think all of you should get serious...